DFKI GmbH is the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
located on the campus of the universities of Saarbruecken and
Kaiserslautern. The DFKI's mission is to develop basic AI technology
and apply it to industrial applications. Within this context the
DFKI has several projects in the area of Multiagent System (MAS) and
Distributed AI (DAI) technology.

The MAS research group at DFKI GmbH in Saarbruecken, headed by
Prof. Joerg H. Siekmann, is investigating the use of MAS and DAI
technology in several areas of industrial relevance, but
particularly in the domain of traffic telematics. The AiV project
has the goal of developing software technology for the
implementation of large scale multiagent systems. The DFKI's
industrial partners are using this software technology to implement
"Personal Trip Assistants", that is systems to aid travelers in the
planning and execution of their journeys. Within the AiV project we
have job vacancies for two novice research assistants. The expected
start of the employment is

1.8.96.

As a successful applicant you will ideally meet the following
requirements:

- you have recently graduated from a university with a degree in
computer science or related subject

- your were an above average student - with some background
knowledge in AI or, even better, DAI and MAS research

- you are able to work out ideas at a high level of abstraction

- you are able to implement a specification in languages such as C
or C++

- you have a good command of spoken and written English

If you would like to join a young and active team developing the
latest in MAS and communication technology and like to work for a
PhD in this area send your CV and a covering letter no later than